The standard for women’s healthcare in the United States is supremely low. The U.S. consistently ranks among the lowest of developed countries for a number of factors, including maternal mortality and overall women’s healthcare. The so-called “Right to IVF Act,” under consideration on the Senate floor this week, would not meaningfully improve the quality of women’s healthcare, but an alternative bill on offer from Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) and James Lankford (R-OK) could go a long way.

The problem with women’s healthcare in America lies at least in part with the medical establishment’s overprescription of hormonal birth control for girls as young as 12 with maladies as mundane as acne and as severe as heavy menstrual bleeding and cramps.